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10 Dollars - Elizabeth II Queen Mother
| Issuer | Fiji |
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| Year | 2000 |
| Type | Non-circulating coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Central device depicting two young children — identified as Young Elizabeth and David — with a wheelbarrow, rendered in finely detailed relief against a mirror field within a beaded inner circle. An arc inscription YOUNG ELIZABETH AND DAVID 1904 curves above the figures in the inner zone. The gold-plated outer ring bears the commemorative legend 1900 HM THE QUEEN MOTHER'S CENTENARY 2000, with the denomination 10 DOLLARS at the base. |
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Issued to mark the Queen Mother's 100th birthday in August 2000, this coin appeared during a particularly turbulent year for Fiji — George Speight's coup in May had suspended the constitution and briefly ousted the Chaudhry government, leaving the country under military oversight when the coin was released. Commemorative issues continued regardless, a function of pre-contracted mint programs that proceed independent of domestic political conditions.
The bimetallic format with a gold-plated outer ring was a common device in late-1990s commemorative production, used to suggest prestige without the cost of a true bimetallic blank.